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The Deaf Kittitians of Saint Kitts and Nevis

The Deaf Kittitians of Saint Kitts and Nevis, numbering approximately 550 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a community of individuals who are culturally Deaf and actively participate in Deaf culture, often using sign language as their primary means of communication. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and American Sign Language is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Saint Kitts Deaf

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Deaf Peoples
Country: Saint Kitts and Nevis
People Cluster: Deaf
Primary Language(s): American Sign Language (ase)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 550
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050291
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Pray for the Deaf Kittitians of Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: American Sign Language
Language Family: Sign Language

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American Sign Language Speakers

Media Resources in American Sign Language:

Films:
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Bible Resources in American Sign Language:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the American Sign Language bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Deaf Kittitians:
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Pray specifically for the Deaf Kittitians of Saint Kitts and Nevis

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
readRomans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
readRomans 2:4

Pray that, in God's kindness and according to His nature, He will lead many to repentance.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
readRomans 10:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and sometimes have doubts, God will help them remember and trust the power of Jesus to save them from their sins.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Deaf Kittitian Across Countries (ROP3 - 119692) reported in the following countries:

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PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Deaf KittitiansPG050291Deaf KittitiansSaint Kitts and Nevis550Unengaged and UnreachedAmerican Sign LanguageProtestantism

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